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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Matthew Hawn (Product & Strategy consultant) to discuss the latest news in the music tech space. The show also includes a catch-up with Turner Kirk and Jeannie Yang from Smule.

On the show we discuss Madonna’s Meerkat premiere and beyond that the potential of apps like Meerkat and Periscope for artists, we address the latest news on the TIDAL front, Omnifone’s partnership with Samsung, Apple’s EU issues, the new Concord Bicycle Group and Seatgeek raising $62m (& what’s happening in the ticketing space?).

I also chat with Smule about the company’s work with artists (both established and up-and-coming), the latest video-based features, the internationalisation of their catalogue and the latest developments in the music gaming space which appears to be heating up right now.

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ’till next time.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.
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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Chandler Coyle (Music Geek Services, Berklee), Mark Frieser (Syncsummit) to chat about the week’s news. The show also features an interview with Joel T. Jordan from Synchtank.

Inevitably we open the show by chatting extensively about TIDAL’s press conference. Just 4 days after the (in)famous event the tide seems to have turned against the company given the many obvious issues with the service.

We discuss the upcoming Syncsummit London event, the integration of Spotify into the Playstation and what the console market means for music subscriptions and finally Coachella’s renewed partnership with YouTube to livestream the festival.

The show also incorporates an interview with Joel T. Jordan, the founder of the company Synchtank, specialised in online catalogue management & licensing software for publishers, labels and other industry professionals.

I really hope you enjoy this week’s podcast, have a great week and ’till next time!

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.
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This week on the show a feature on Landr (from the company until recently known as MixGenius), an online automated music mastering service.

Unfortunately the usual news-based show suffered from a severe audio corruption issue, I restored it the best I could and you can find it at 26:00 but the quality is still compromised so have a listen and see if you can live with it. If featured Jenn Miller Audiosocket), Mark S Berry (Attack Media Group) and Syd Lawrence (wemakeawesomesh.it).
We chat about Universal Music Group and Spotify, the YouTube Music Awards, Vessel’s launch and The Orchard becoming wholly owned by Sony.

I really hope you enjoy the show (at least the first half), apologies for the audio issues, have a fantastic week and ’till next time.

This week’s show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.

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This week on Digital Music Trends a SXSW special recorded with a few attendees who took some time to fill me in on what’s going on at this year’s event. We discuss what’s happening in Austin, the latest from their respective companies and we also cover this week’s news.

We also chat about Kendrick Lamar’s Spotify streaming record, the Empire soundtrack taking the N.1. spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart thanks to streaming, Rhapsody’s Twitter feature and Rdio’s new social features, YouTube for artists and much more…

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!

This week’s show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.
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We start by talking about “Blurred Lines” and the jury finding against Pharrell and Robin Thicke who are to pay $7.4 million to the Marvin Gaye estate for infringing on the copyright of “Got to give it up”. First up we hear the Gaye estate attorney who talks us through some key issues of this trial and then we comment on its potential repercussions.

On the show we also tackle McDonald’s faux pas with the band Ex Cops and subsequent backtracking, Rock Band’s return – can console music games make a comeback?, Bjork’s exhibition at MOMA which from the reviews appears to be a tech #fail, the German music industry’s 2014 results, Spotify’s desktop tweaks, the Songwriter Equity Act, Kobalty’s new round and quite a few tips from our guests about SXSW.

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!